Football Day Sets Stage for Key College Showdowns
Tomorrow hosts a packed slate as Harvard Yale Princeton and Dartmouth face strong opponents with minor roster losses. Tufts aims to topple Harvard at Stadium while Notre Dame clashes with Yale at the Yale Bowl and Michigan seeks revenge against Michigan Agricultural College after last year’s upset.
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Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Dartmouth
Syracuse
West Point
Cornell
Michigan
Carlisle
Tufts
Medford College
Whalen
Notre Dame
Washington and Jefferson
Lafayette
Pennsy
Cavanaugh
Curtis
Vermont
Tufts First String Backed in Looming Army Games
Tufts faces a packed slate as Army and Colgate clash tomorrow in a close matchup. Cornell, after a Carlisle win, tackles Bucknell while Syracuse seeks a big victory against Rochester. Annapolis, Penn, Williams, Springfield YMC A, Carlisle, Pittsburg, Wesleyan, Brown, Amherst, Trinity, Colby, and Massachusetts Aggies all promise competitive contests.
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Cornell
Carlisle
Bucknell
Syracuse
University of Rochester
Annapolis
Pennsylvania
Williams
Springfield
Y. M. C. A. College
Pittsburg
Wesleyan
Brown
Amherst
Trinity
Colby
Walter Johnson Defeated by Bader in Pitchers Contest
Independence Kas Oct 15 Walter Johnson premier pitcher for the Washington team played Coffeyville and lost 1 to 6 to Loren Bader of the Buffalo International League Bader won by a single and a three base hit scoring himself in a brisk exhibition game held in Independence with both teams represented by notable stars.
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Independence
Kas
Walter Johnson
Coffeyville
Loren Bader
Buffalo International League
Bader
Harvard Athletes Sweep Student Class Elections
Harvard students elected class officers with two thirds going to athletes. Edward W. Mahan, star football baseball and track man, was chosen president of the junior class, defeating Kent Bromley of New York. Other class honors also went to athletes.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Edward W. Mahan
Crimson
Kent Bromley
New York
Mahan
Harvard Class Elects Athletes to Student Council
The 1915 Harvard senior class elected nine student council members, all tied to varsity sports. Standout Stan Pennock led votes among football players, with eight others from football, baseball, hockey, and management roles also chosen. Juniors similarly favor athletes, outlining a trend across classes.
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Harvard
Stanley B. Pennock
Syracuse
N. Y
Hugo Francke
Cambridge
Malcolm J. Logan
South Boston
Robert T. Gannett
Morgan B. Phillips
Milton
T. Jefferson Coolidge
Boston
John 8. Flack
Newark
James J. Greenough
Thomas K. Richards
Spokane
Wash
Eddie Mahan
R. Norris Williams
Parker equals world amateur record in 220 yard dash
George Parker of the Olympic Club San Francisco unofficially credited with equalling the world amateur record time of 211-5 seconds in a 220 yard dash. He reportedly achieved this at the Californian track and field championships in Fresno on October 2, finishing two feet ahead of Howard Drew of Springfield Mass.
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New York
George Parker
Olympic Club
San Francisco
Fresno
Cal
Howard Drew
Springfield
Mass
Scrimmage Ends for Yale Ahead of Notre Dame Game
Yale completes a drizzle soaked scrimmage with many regulars in dress rehearsal. Aleck Wilson may start Saturday, Archie MacLeish returns to halfback, Tug Wilson scores, Oakes starts at left guard, Atwood Violett recovering, Weldeman to captain left tackle, about 12,000 fans expected, officials include Pendleton Murphy Thompson Morice.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Notre Dame
Aleck Wilson
Archie MacLeish
Gene Tommy Cornell
Varsity
Tug
Wiley
Carl White
Atwood Violett
Carroll Knowles
Weldeman
Talbott
Joe Pendleton
Bowdoin
Fred W. Murphy
Brown
Michael J. Thompson
Georgetown
William N. Morice
Penn
Keokuk Indians Hire Frank Boyle as Manager Next Season
Frank Boyle, after two seasons as manager of the Muscatine Central Association club, will pilot the Keokuk Indians in the same league next year.
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Frank Boyle
Muscatine Central Association
Keokuk Indians
Rudolph in the Box a 1914 Heartsong for Baseball Fans
The poem praises Dick Rudolph’s pitching for the Boston Red Sox amid a Philadelphia gloom, celebrating Casey at the bat parallels and noting Connie Mack, Eddie Collins, and Bravest stars. It weaves baseball lore with nostalgic refrains and asks if reincarnation explains a pitcher’s return to form.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Mack
Humpty
Hank Gowdy
Eddie Collins
Johnny Evers
Casey
Mudville
Rudolph
W. Harry Heisler
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